Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-10-05
ARRESTED As HE LANDED.
ssBsx,, Finley Charged with Cheatin,
m millionaire.

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ssBSx,, Finley Charged with Cheating
n Millionaire.
u.r-raRp BIT DETECTIVE on HIS ARRIVAL FK0N
EUROPE AND A STORY OF NINE SALES CONES OUT.
The New YORK Times o, yesterday says: Henry
L. Finley "of Washington, colonel on Cen war
rens stan. lawyer Of fl Cornhill, London, one o.
the managers Of Samuel J. TildenS campaign
mining expert" &C, generally known as "Big
Finley because OF his gfrth. stature and yarns.
walked down the gsLgplank yesterday soon after
tbe steamer Arizona arrived As be did so he was
tapped on the arm by a detective and arrested on
a warrant charging him with swindlng the mil
nonaire whaling captain and mine owner, EbeDe-
ger Morgan, of Groton, Conn.,, out OF 1898. He
went TO police headquarters. secured the services
of a LAWYER and at the jefferson Market Police
Court faced the complainant, horny-handed and
weather-beaten old man OF seventy, and his
counsel
Mr. Morgan said that early In 1886 he employed
Finley 10 20 10 Colorado and look after his H.
terests IN the Great Animas Mine. That fall FIN
ley wanted m0ney-s2.OOO. He said he had failed
TO get his fees from a woman for whom he had
prosecuted one Of the Alabama claims. and prom
iSed to pay when she settled with him. Believing
these representations, Morgan gave him 80 and
cheek for 81 500.
Finley produced what appeared to be an agree
ment, made in London on June 30, 1856, between
himself and Morgan, 10 the effect that Morgan,
being an owner OF valuable mining property In
a lawyer Finley agreed to give advice and pro-
mote the sale OF the property for $1,000 In cash,
the ease or sale Finley claimed that the money
obtained from Morgan was In part settlement Oh
this contract.
Morgan repudiated the contract and said his sig
n1tlre 10 IL was forgery. lie said he was intro
duced TO Finley by Prof. j. H. McChesney.
II remember him." interrupted Justice Du1y:
II hsh him before me twice fer drunkenness"
Morgan admitted that the professor sometimes
"lndulged.' he went on TO say That he had spent
~ N Il min no r4at
Aniinas Nine was valued at 100000, and he
charged that Finley cOnspired to get min TO sell 1t
for c25. 900, that he and cOnfederates could
pocket the balance. His acquaintance with the
colonel" had cost him s12, co., and he considered
Justice Dufiy said he would hold the prisoner for
examination or send the case to tine district at
tOrney- Finley wanted 10 be paroed, but was
held in $1,000 bail. Being unable TO procure it, he
was sent TO the court prison. There he said he
thought his character would compare favOrably
with that OF his accuser. He had only TO refer TO
against Morgan. Morgan subscribed S5,0Oo-or
put down his name Tor that amOunt-fOr Baptist
church When the collector called he repudiated
his signature. He compromised the case by pay
ing $3.50, and then DOasted that he had saved
$50.
Finley said Morgan and Prof. McCnesney came
10 his Office In London. They were In trouble with
their scotch investor, about the title TO Rhine Ia
Idaho known aS the Atalanta They employed
Finley TO go 10 Scotland 10 negotiate for its sale
tO scotch capitalists. He contracted to sell the
Ine for $500 OC0 70 Jas. Wylie Guild, OF Glasgow.
Then they wanted him TO look after the Great
AniInas mine Finley went 10 Colorado, secured
title by selling the property buying it In and get
ting sherin's title. He then prepared TO go to
London with Morgan to sell the mine, which was
good property Morgan had been gambling Ia
stocks and his brokers, owens Mercer, failed. 1t
happened that the day Finley asked Morgan
for 600. according To the terms OF the contract,
MOrgaa received the settlemf mt OF his account
with his brokers In check for 81 ,s,9. This he in
dJrSed and gave 10 Finley. He might have told
Morgan about the woman with the Alabama claim,
but the reason foE getting the 5000 was the con-
tract.
Now the Alabama claim business Finley said,
was this: Jas. a. Borland, OF New York, had
claim of $4,000 or $4,000. His lawyer, Jerome +.
Manning. was debarred in the last days OF the
commission and E1ndly was appointed In his place.
The ciaim was allowed, but H. had not been col
lected and BOrlands widow had not paid the fees.
As TO the contract of last January, Finley sued
To recoyer 81 OOo and the suit is stu pending He
quarreled with Morgan McChesney because the
latter objected 70 paying his share OF F1ney's ex-
penSeS. Finley believed his arrest was Tor the pur-
pose OF onsetting the suit In England
Dr. Parker's Ea .Ogy ON Beechef.
TIE ENGLISH CLERGYMAN DISCHARGES THE TASK
WHICH BROUGHT HIN TO AMERICA
Dr. Parker delivered eulOgy upon the late
Henry Ward Beecher at the Brooklyn Academy OF
Music last night. He began with reference to
the overwhelming character OF the task assigned
ohm. AS an Englishman DIR. Parker claimed an
advantage which no American could enjoy. In the
criticism Of man like Mr.. Beecher Christian Eng
1ishmen enabled To award honor as II with the
serenity OF accumulated years whilst some OF the
linen In his own country are Yet unable To escape
the limitations OF locality and vision. After some
glowing tributes 10 America its vitality It's Tree
dom. It's emancipation from the anti4uated ideas
that weigh down the Old World, It's eternal hope
1ulneSS, Or. Parker said: Henry Ward Beecher
never could have been in Europe what he was In
America You gave him scope; YOU created
opportunities for him; your journals multiplied
his influence; your whole people applauded and
consolidated his Independence. We must never
forget what the nation did for the man; even we
remember most gratefully what the man did for
the nation
DE-. Parker sketched Beecher's boyhood and
early life, and analysed his unexcelled pulpit
gifts Mr.. q. Beecher was great without toll
mighty without exhaustion, and so redundant
were his pulpit miracles that they were I'm danger
of being treated commonplace. He had a
supreme gift OF language, as was betokened by
his planet-like eyeS-eyes as full as Shakespeare
radiant as GladSrOne's, as expressive as Gar
Kicks. In the use OF words he was a necromancer;
unconsciOusly 50 TO a large extent, for he never
knew how well he was expressing himself. There
had been great preachers In England. But Mr.
Beecner stood apart from them by the very fact
that whilst they purchased their pulpit eminence
by great expenditure OF effort he was evidently
free born. He tOlled not, did he spin, yet the
ornate pomp and classic unity OF others were not
10 be compared with his artlesS simplicity His
preaching was an amazing combination Of ptilos-
Ophy, poetry, emotion and human enthuSiasm-all
centered in Christ, and all intended to bring men
into night relations with the Father. Dr. Parker
devoted considerable attention TO q reputation OF
the charges OF unorthodoxy.